CellphoneGlossary™
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3. Interconnection Fee - POTS |
| 1. 3G - BTA (home page) | 4. Prepaid Cellular - TDMA |
| 2. Call Forwarding - Home RF | 5. Telecom Act - WMF |
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Cell Phone Glossary Page 2 Call Forwarding: This feature allows a station user to program at any time any internal station number (or the attendant) and, when activated by the station user, all incoming calls to his station will be automatically rerouted to that preprogrammed number. Call Setup: Activity that occurs in order to establish a call connection between a wireless handset and the wireless system. Encryption: The process of "scrambling" a message such as a digital phone signal to prevent it from being read by unauthorized parties. FCC: Federal Communications Commission. The Government agency responsible for regulating telecommunications in the United States, located in Washington, D.C. Follow-Me Roaming: The ability of a wireless system to forward incoming calls to a cellphone that is roaming outside its home service area without any pre-notification to the carrier. Frequency: The number of times a wave-like radio signal changes from the very positive to the very negative charge per second. Frequency reuse: The ability to use the same frequencies repeatedly across a cellular system, made possible by the basic design approach for cellular. Since each cell is designed to use radio frequencies only within its boundaries, the same frequencies can be reused in other cells not far away with little potential for interference. The reuse of frequencies is what enables a cellular system to handle a huge number of calls with a limited number of channels. GHZ: GigaHertz - One GigaHertz is equal to a billion hertz. GPRS (General Packet Radio Service): An emerging technology standard for high speed data transmission over GSM networks. GSM (global system for mobile communications): A digital cellular or PCS network used in over 60 countries. Other cellphone technology are CDMA and TDMA.
Handset: A wireless or cellular phone, cell phone, digital, PCS, or analog mobile phone. Handshake: Signals between a wireless phone and a wireless system to accomplish call setup. HDML: A computer programming language that does for wireless Internet access what HTML does for land-based Internet access. Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) allows wireless devices such as smart phones and handheld computers to communicate on the Internet. Handoff: The process by which the Mobile Telephone Switching Office passes a cellular phone conversation from one transmission site to another site without disconnection. The handoff is performed so quickly that users rarely notice. Hands-free: An important safety feature that's included with most of today's mobile phones. It permits drivers to use their cellular phone without lifting or holding the hand-set to their ear.
Hertz: The unit which expresses cycle frequency. Home Coverage Area: The area in which one may make cellular calls without incurring long distance or roaming charges. Some cellphones are activated with nationwide long distance coverage, but still have a local coverage area which is called home. We have calling plans which don't charge for roaming outside of your home coverage area. Home RF: A digital wireless communications protocol designed for the transport of voice and multimedia content between consumer electronic devices(including PCs) in a residential setting. Operates at 2.4 GH. CellPhoneGlossary continues -->  |
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CellphoneGlossary Pages
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3. Interconnection Fee - POTS |
| 1. 3G - BTA (home page) | 4. Prepaid Cellular - TDMA |
| 2. Call Forwarding - Home RF | 5. Telecom Act - WMF |